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April 2014

Budget

• House Natural Resources Committee: DOI FY2015 budget hearing
• House Science, Space, and Technology Committee: DOE FY2015 budget hearing

Congress

• House passes bill to improve weather forecasting at NOAA
• House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee pass LNG export bill
• Senator Bennet named Chair of Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure
• Kornze confirmed as Director of BLM

Energy

• NRC under pressure to require safety upgrades in earthquake-prone nuclear facilities

Environment

• IPCC reports assess impacts of climate change, recommend carbon capture and storage
• Supreme Court upholds EPA air pollution rule

Federal Agencies & Administration

• National Science Board responds to FIRST Act
• GAO finds RFS causes problems for refiners
• White House delays Keystone XL
• BLM moves forward with mine methane release rules

Natural Resources

• Federal appeals court strikes down portions of conflict minerals disclosure rule
• Study finds global REE supplies sufficient for U.S. defense needs

Space

• House Subcommittee passes NASA Authorization Act of 2014

Federal Register

Monthly Review prepared by: Maeve Boland, Geoscience Policy Director; Abby Seadler, Geoscience Policy Associate; and Meg Gilley, Geoscience Policy Associate.

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Compiled May 5, 2014